Pick Your Poison...A Liar or a Liar

Good Wednesday morning, Friends,

Maybe we want a president who'd rather ask for forgiveness than permission.

Forging forward unauthorized and accepting the consequences is a common pattern of behavior. I've personally had superiors in the business world who've lived by that mantra and who recommended it to all of us subordinates.

Sometimes, it's the only way to break deadlocks and get things done.

But it isn't an ethical or even always legal way to behave. And it's not appropriate for the leader of the greatest constitutional democracy in this latest iteration of human history. We are, after all, a nation of laws.

That's why Donald Trump funneling donors' money through his charitable foundation to pay his personal business liabilities is disturbing and appears to be illegal.

What's the difference between this and whatever comes out of Donald Trump's mouth?
Nobody votes for this.

Trump hadn't given a dime of his personal money to charity since 2008. He was finally cornered into donating $1 million of his own cash to a veterans' group in February, when he held a fundraiser to snub the GOP primary debate.

Other than a subsequent gift of $100,000 to a family of Louisiana flood victims, the only money Trump has given to charity for nearly a decade has been what he loves to call "OPM--Other People's Money."

Using OPM is what curricula of so-called "schools" like Trump University promote to desperate people as a way to spin a fortune out of total b.s.

It actually works for some...usually those with the most sociopathic personalities.

They are willing to say anything at all, with total conviction, and do whatever it takes to achieve their goals.

And  willingness to say anything to further one's ends mirrors the GOP nominee's personality.

I think even many of Trump's supporters see this quality in him...but they don't care. Many actually admire it.

If they were in his shoes, they'd behave exactly the same way. And they worship Trump's nihilism. Facts be damned!

Hillary backers equally accept or simply deny her egregious behavior.

She's been surreptitious for decades, and her private email server debacle is just the latest example of it. At her age, she's not likely to change.

But there is a difference between the opponents. I believe Hillary Clinton knows the difference between a lie and the truth...between fact and fantasy.

For Trump, those lines are completely blurred. That's far worse.